It is widely known that Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 doesn't support receiving mail through POP3 protocol. However, the practice has shown that a lot of users find absence of this feature inconvenient.
All the existing solution offer users to use an utility agent receiving mail through the POP3 protocol and delivering it to the Exchange Server through the SMTP protocol. This is a versatile solution equally usable for most of SMTP-servers. However, there is a number of negative moments about this method.
Native POP3 Connector (NPC) is a useful program that offers standard solution for the problem with receiving mail through the POP3 protocol for Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 and Small Business Server 2000/2003.
NPC is a solution "kindred" to Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003 - Connector. During the installation, administrator has an opportunity to install a new type into the Connectors Exchange System Manager group: Native POP3 Connector.
Upon installation, all administration procedures are performed in a way standard for Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003 - by editing properties of the Connector installed via Exchange System Manager.
Besides the others, NPC features the following advantages and capabilities: integration with Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003; support of a great number of mailboxes (each one may be multiuser catchall); multi-thread processing support; possibility to set flexible schedule of POP3-mailbox querying; integration into Active Directory; audit through Event Log and more.

Integration:
· Exchange System Manager full integration with the distributed administration feature.
· Active Directory full integration.
· Microsoft Exchange Server recipient support.
Scalability:
· Adding several connectors to one routing group.
· Support of a large number of mailboxes.
· Special server-license benefit: multi-user (global) mailboxes.
· Multithreaded processing.
Audit:
· Convenient audit system using Event Viewer.
· Adjustable logging system of the POP3 protocol events.
· All mail is under your control
Adjustability:
· Secure Socket Layer (SSL) connections support.
· Secure Password Authentication (SPA) support.
· Flexible mailboxes processing scheduler.
· Automatic and manual modes for the message recipients' resolving.
· A set of advanced options for a highly-optimized message receiving process.

Requirements:
· Microsoft Windows Server 2000/2003 or Microsoft Small Business Server 2000/2003;
· Microsoft Exchange Server 2000/2003;
· Administrator and Schema Admins rights to install;
· Administrator priveleges to configure.

Limitations:
· 20 days trial

What's New in This Release:
· OpenSSL library included into the product has been updated to the version 1.0
· Internal database engine has been updated
· IPv6 POP3 servers are supported now
· Optimization of the service if the option "Leave messages on server" is enabled
· Fixed: The issue with freezing of the service when using SSL-connection with the POP3-server under certain conditions
· Minor improvements in service functionality